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a.
Of the nature of melody; relating to, containing, or made up of, melody; melodious.
n.
A piece of melody; a song or tune, -- as opposed to recitative or musical declamation.
v. t.
To sing with melody or harmony.
n.
An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
v. t.
To make melodious; to form into, or set to, melody.
n.
Repetition of a theme or melody with fanciful embellishments or modifications, in time, tune, or harmony, or sometimes change of key; the presentation of a musical thought in new and varied aspects, yet so that the essential features of the original shall still preserve their identity.
v. i.
To make melody; to compose melodies; to harmonize.
n.
Fig.: An appellation for a sweet singer, or a poet noted for grace and melody; as Shakespeare is called the swan of Avon.
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A rhythmical, melodious, symmetrical series of tones for one voice or instrument, or for any number of voices or instruments in unison, or two or more such series forming parts in harmony; a melody; an air; as, a merry tune; a mournful tune; a slow tune; a psalm tune. See Air.
n.
The department of musical science which treats of the pitch of tones, and of the laws of melody.
n.
The air or tune of a musical piece.
n.
A sweet or agreeable succession of sounds.
n.
A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.
a.
Uttered or modulated by the voice; oral; as, vocal melody; vocal prayer.
n.
A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a step or half step higher; a melodic sequence.
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Now used for plain harmony, note against note, as opposed to polyphonic harmony, in which the several parts move independently, each with its own melody.
n.
The art of forming melody; melody; -- now often used for a melodic passage, rather than a complete melody.
a.
Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice.
n.
A Sicilian dance, resembling the pastorale, set to a rather slow and graceful melody in 12-8 or 6-8 measure; also, the music to the dance.
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